The Rain

It's amazing, but true: Korea receives 70% of its rain during late June to late July. Prior to their rainy season, we were all like 'Dude, rain shmain; we're from Van and we've seen some rain. We can deal with rain.'
Boy oh boy.
This was something new. One moment it would be drizzling, and then the next few hours would be a near-deafening thwump of water pouring from the sky. The entire sidewalk (high and low-points) would be covered with 1 - 2 inches of water; rivers rose (seriously) 6 feet in two days; playgrounds looked like this most of the time:

We got soaked everywhere. It was refreshing, cuz it was the first time in 6 months the air was remotely clean. But, after 20 something days of straight rain and no sun, we were DEFINITELY ready for some actual summer sun.

And of course, just like the stores here, it all changed over night. The next thing we knew it was hot, humid and sunny. Now we smile and sweat the days away. It's humid bliss...